Nigeria

Earlier this year, a proposed law that would ban same-sex marriages in Nigeria was defeated. AWID spoke to Stefano Fabeni of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Initiative of Global Rights about the failed bill and the lessons learnt.

BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights's Strategy Team for Violence against Women was inaugurated on 18 July 2007 to deliberate on all forms of violence against women and strategize on the best approaches to consolidate BAOBAB’s work on curbing this menace.

Archbishop Akinola of Nigeria, the world's most powerful Anglican leader, tells Religion Correspondent Ruth Gledhill that his conservatism is the true faith and that evangelism can combat Islamic terrorism.